Reviews

Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Week 2

A jam-packed weekend opened the 40th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with inspiring performances by luminaries and rising stars such as pianists Chucho Valdés … Read More

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Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point of View (Blue Note)

Every so often the current powers that be at Blue Note gather several marquee artists, not all of them necessarily on the label’s roster, put … Read More

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The Co-Op: The Co-Op (Brown Brothers)

The story seems implausible, but label head Jake Cohn swears it’s true: In 2007 he hired Wycliffe Gordon, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and drummer Kendrick Scott … Read More

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Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are the Drum

We Are the Drum would be worth its sticker price just for Lizz Wright sigh-singing the beautiful, melodically off-kilter ballad “This Song in Me.” But … Read More

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Walter Smith III: Still Casual

Tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III assembles a stellar cast of collaborators here, all of whom he has played with in various constellations: Taylor Eigsti (piano), … Read More

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